The International Space Station typically plays host to a crew of six space-faring scientists at a time. During crew changes that number can be temporarily higher or lower, but there are almost always six humans aboard the spacecraft at any given time. The robot population of the orbiting laboratory, on the other hand, is steadily climbing.
Back in May, NASA unboxed an AI-powered robot capable of navigating in zero gravity. The boxy bot was an “Astrobee,” and after half a year hovering in space, NASA just unleashed its twin. The new robot, named Honey, learned a lot from its companion, Bumble, including mapping data it had gathered that should give Honey a leg up in navigating the interior of the space station.
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There are now two AI-powered robot ‘bees’ flying around the space station originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 26 Nov 2019 at 23:15:14 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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